黒い椅子で包むショールームへのリノベーション!?

©︎ Lukas Pelech

〈ギャラリー・オブ・ファニチャ（Gallery of Furniture）〉は、既存の建物を黒いプラスチックの椅子に包むことにより、家具の大手サプライヤーであるMY DVAグループのショールーム兼本社へとリノベーションした建築です。

広告を掲げずとも内部の活動を表しつつ、MY DVAグループが扱う製品を纏うことによる交換性や素材自体の耐候性も相まってメンテナンス性も高い建物となっています。

チェコのプラハ、ブルノとスロバキアのブラチスラバに拠点を置く建築スタジオ チビック＋クリストフ（Chybik + Kristof）が設計しました。

（以下、Chybik + Kristofから提供されたプレスキットのテキストの抄訳）

©︎ Mangoshake studio

広告としてのファサード

チビック＋クリストフは、チェコの都市ブルノの住宅地に隣接する元自動車ショールームを、オフィス家具、学校家具、金属製家具を製造するMY DVAグループのショールーム兼本社へと改修した。

ありふれた外観を有する平屋建ての建物は、900脚以上の黒いプラスチックの椅子で構成された、あらゆる人の記憶に残る新たな顔を与えられ、その抽象的なデザインが施されたファサードは会社の広告塔としても機能する。

©︎ Lukas Pelech

Original condition ©︎ Lukas Pelech

自社が扱う製品を使用することによる広告性とメンテナンス性

財政的な負担を最小限に抑えつつ建物の価値を最大限に高めるため、家具の大手サプライヤーであるMY DVAグループが扱う素材に着目し、構造体は約1ピース約80チェコ・コルナ（約525円）の黒いプラスチックの座面という単一の製品で覆うこととした。

これにより、広告を一切使用せずに内部の活動を表した、抽象的なテクスチャーが出来上がったのである。

Diagram ©︎ CHYBIK + KRISTOF

この椅子はヴィチェンツァと呼ばれるインテリアチェアの基本形であり、MY DVAグループがよく供給している製品である。

さまざまな天候や紫外線にも強く、ファサードに取り付けられたスチール製の構造体に固定されている。外装に損傷があった場合は対象の部分を新しいものに交換するだけでよく、ファサードの清掃は高圧洗浄機で年に1、2回行うだけで良い。

©︎ Lukas Pelech

©︎ Lukas Pelech

内部はショールームと従業員用のオフィスで構成されており、フレキシブルなショールームには、それぞれの生産分野の家具をまとめたテーマ別のギャラリーを配置した。

白いカーテンで円形に仕切られた内側は3つの異なる空間を表しており、床の素材、照明の方式や色は、それぞれの家具に割り当てられた用途に対応するように選ばれている。

©︎ Lukas Pelech

Variations on the Plan ©︎ CHYBIK + KRISTOF

Floor plan ©︎ CHYBIK + KRISTOF

Elevation ©︎ CHYBIK + KRISTOF

以下、Chybik + Kristofのリリース（英文）です。

Facade as a functional banner advertisement

The transformation of a former car showroom on the border of a housing estate into a showroom and headquarters of MY DVA group, dealing with the production of office, school and metal furniture, represents another finished structure of a young architecture studio called Chybik+Kristof Architects & Urban Designers from Brno. The one-storey building of a mediocre esthetic quality was given a new, easily remembered face, composed of more than 900 black plastic chair seats.

The abstractly designed facade also works as a banner advertisement for the company itself. After a simple adjustment of the interior, a new flexible showroom was created presenting the single segments of the production in specific, thematically arranged spaces.
Brno – Vinohrady is one the last Brno´s housing estates built in the first half of the 1980´s. The car showroom itself was opened in the 1990´s and belongs to the current line of the commercial buildings bordering with the four-lane Zarosicka road, lacking in any quality. The former state of the building was outdated both from the technical and moral point of view, and from a formal point of view, it did not serve the needs of the society. Considering the fact that it was originally meant as a temporary investment in the form of a lease and that the company did not use the premises any longer, the solution had to be cheap and fast. The task was clear: ˮMake it cheap, preferably for free,ˮ architects Ondrej Chybik and Michal Kristof recollect.
MY DVA group belongs to the leading home suppliers of office, school and metal furniture. It also focuses on the concepts and interior realizations of administrative and educational buildings, as well as some atypical features. To minimize the financial means, but maximize the evaluation of the former building, emphasis was put on choosing a material from their production. Therefore, without any larger interferences into the exterior, the structure is cladded by a single product – a black plastic chair seat for about 80 CZK/1 piece. This is how an abstract texture, clearly defining what is going on inside without any banner advertisement, is created. ˮIt is a basic form of an interior chair called Vicenza which the investor commonly supplies, differing only in the usage of black granules for the exterior. Therefore, it is resistant to various weather conditions, especially ultraviolet light,ˮ the architects add. The single seats are tightened on a construction made of steel profiles attached to the facade. In case of a mechanical damage, it is possible to change a single piece for a new one. Facade cleaning can be simply done once or twice a year by a high-pressure cleaner.
As for the interior, it consists of two parts: a showroom and offices providing a background for the employees. The inside of the building was completely cleaned. The presentation room of the showroom, after having been created by extending the former entrance hall at the centre of the layout, is delimited by polycarbonate partitions. The floor is unified by white polyurethane screed, the ceiling is left with its former exposed concrete and all new domestic wirings are conducted visibly. At the centre of this newly created space, there is a gallery of three circles each representing three various segments of production – school furniture, office furniture and design pieces. The round cutouts are delimited by white textile curtains, occupying the whole height of the space, which can be easily used for drawing or letting open. The interiors of the cutouts represent three different spaces where the floor material, the way of lighting and the light colour are chosen in such a way that they correspond with the natural light for which the furniture is assigned. The semi-public spaces can be filled with various objects or can be used as a conference room for the employees or as a meeting place with a client. The whole space works on the principle of a gallery which can be adjusted to the actual needs. Offices for the employees are preserved along the perimeter of the structure and are unified by a grey carpet and a white painting.

www.chybik-kristof.com

Client: MY DVA group a.s.
Location: Brno-Vinohrady, Czech Republic
Year: 2015
Programme: showroom and administrative spaces of a furniture company
Size: 550 m²
Status: in progress
Team: Ondrej Chybik, Michal Kristof, Victor Cojocaru, Martin Holy, Vojtech Kouril, Sarka Kubinova, Ondrej Mundl, Matej Strba
Photographer: Lukas Pelech, Pavel Bartak

「Gallery of Furniture」Chybik + Kristof 公式サイト

https://www.chybik-kristof.com/projects/gallery-of-furniture